inaugural
@launchhouse
female founders residency in NYC starting off strong. something electric about a group of ambitious women supporting each other's dreams
Overheard in SF - Dating in your twenties is like an early stage startup, you’re just figuring your shit out, dating in your thirties is like a public company, you know what you want and it’s an M&A
some wisdom
@chrisrock
dropped- People break up despite great sex, but they won't break up with the person who makes them laugh ❤️
get someone who makes you laugh, it's a much higher core need
@mihail_eric
Excellent retro! Investor sentiment seems to think incumbents have right of way but this is a sober reminder how these lumbering giants trip over their own bureaucracy and might never get back up. Excited to see you build a better Alexa 🙏
@VCBrags
had to spend hrs setting up wifi in our aspen house yesterday so I could grind for my founders. Writing a thread on how others can learn from my experience
feeling the happiest I've ever been. The secret - becoming aware of how harsh my inner voice is & just allowing myself to *be*. The immigrant scarcity mindset is hard to shed. I've never been proud of myself. Now I view failure as a point of pride - means I reached high enough
I’m hosting a Women in AI co-working + happy hour
@CRV
with
@brittwalker_
&
@cerebral_valley
Open to founders, operators, researchers
tag any women/allies working on cool AI projects
3k ppl packed in to watch
@sama
talk at
@stripe
Sessions
What did it take to make OpenAI such a world-changing phenomenon? “people who are not dependent on external validation”
Finally taking the plunge into being a full-time founder. I'm currently on the search for the best female founders in the world to highlight for an exciting project - open to nominations!
my favorite "hot takes" from the
@pebble_bed
@rootvc
@cerebral_valley
AI Demo Day🔥
- vertical SaaS won't survive
-hallucination = feature, not bug. We will use it to create knowledge acc. to Popper's theory of conjecture & refutation
-prompt engineering will become obsolete
Big announcement:
@Storia
AI has been accepted to
@ycombinator
for the summer 2024 batch!
We're incredibly fortunate to partner with
@dflieb
@daltonc
@mwseibel
and
@bosmeny
.
With all the advances in generative AI, we're at a unique technological inflection point to completely
Thanks
@BainCapVC
for the rare opportunity to meat other founders, grill investors, and welcome
@fogorestaurants
to the
@BainCapital
family. The swag was as sharp as your wit, well-done on a prime event 🥩
My ideal SF social scene - salon dinners where ppl from different disciplines & backgrounds get together and discuss cool shit like flying cars and interactive AI walls
@pm
. Kudos to
@ItsHoagie
& Starship ventures for funding moonshot ideas envisioning the future
My fav demos at the
@southpkcommons
@Replit
AI hackathon - 1. Auto Analyzer by
@aerinykim
: auto-generates business decks from unstructured data. 2. Argument bot for Slack to point out logical fallacies when things get heated 🔥 3. GrantGPT to help nonprofits apply for funding
If there’s anything I learned at business school it’s ppl use corporate jargon to inflate the importance of the job (and themselves). ChatGPT is the corporate-speak generator of my dreams and nightmares. With the flood of GPT-written comms it’s about to get a lot worse
#justsayit
Excited to host brunch for NYC-based founders this Saturday with my friends at
@join_arc
and
@joinfountain
! The founder journey is grueling, and we want to foster genuine connections and a supportive community. Arc was one of my first investments over 3 years ago, and it's
Entrepreneurship is a long and challenging journey. You don’t need to do it alone. Co-hosting this event with my former classmate and 2x Arc investor
@CCgong
(Principal @ Menlo Ventures), as well as
@hellomorganlai
(Founder & CEO @ Fountain), reminds me of the incredible
Scenes from today’s women in AI coworking event at
@CRV
! Thanks to
@CCgong
for cohosting and to all the awesome women who joined us in the office. Many more days like this to come!!
My rookie first-time founder mistake was taking investor calls with folks that added no value.
Now that I'm on the other side of the table, I see how much work we do for founders we want to back. I'm spending 4th of July doing research and making intros for founders I know will
First
@join_ef
demo day in SF 🚀I’m impressed by the supportive, global ecosystem that
@Alicebentinck
&
@matthewclifford
have created for founders at the earliest stage. The range, talent, and traction in the cohort was spectacular.
@reidhoffman
reminding us it’s all about the
Hosting my first
@launchhouse
fireside with the incredible
@MonaBijoor
, founder of
@joorco
& author of Startups and Downs. Check out upcoming LH events
My fav takeaway from her book: define your power and ask these 3 q's before taking venture capital $$ :
IT'S HERE🤯stop thinking about all the startups this just killed and wonder at all the possibilities being enabled. It's a step function change for learning, creativity, personalization, storytelling. Humans retain 95% of a video's message compared to 10% when reading text
Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model.
Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.
Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy
I host so many events, folks often ask me for venue recommendations. Here is an open-source list of Bay Area meeting spaces & retreat venues. . I also have a private list of friends with properties or company spaces who host, such as
@jessiefisch
who just
Just add nature! We’ve unveiled three stunning venues in the backyard of Yosemite, perfect for hosting your next company retreat or workshop. Which one are you choosing?
🏞️ Granite Peak: This hidden gem offers complete stillness, a rare commodity amidst the hustle of daily life.
I struggle with sleep. I asked the most successful founders I know their secrets to better sleep. Outside the obvious (sufficient, regular sleep, de-stress, etc)
The top 3 tips:
1. Magnesium (L-Threonate) 💊
2. Mouth taping 🤐
3. Eightsleep 🛌
What are your best sleep tips?
Founders looking to hire engineers- pitching at
@foundersysk
is the highest ROI thing you can do (next is hosting a hackathon). The best founders I know have made top hires through the event. Folks looking to work at a top startup - next FYSK showcase is 2/7. Apply at
Hundreds of hackers getting
@OpenAI
GPT4 & plug-ins access to solve real-world climate challenges in direct air capture, transportation, regenerative agriculture, food systems, water, etc. 🙏 will be an inspiring demo day Sunday at
@SHACK15sf
to kick off SF
#techweek
@a16z
Everyone knows SF needs change. So proud of my friend
@Mtclai
for running for office and advocating for safe streets, more housing, good schools.
Visit:
Donate:
Volunteer: this Sunday 1/21
I’m running for office for San Francisco DCCC on March 5th, 2024!
In the city where ppl are building AI & longevity drugs, it's crazy that the basics don't work:
Streets are unsafe
New housing is blocked
We don't teach 8th grade algebra
I'm running to change SF 🧵
Had a blast hosting NYC founders at
@join_arc
, I'm impressed how much the tech scene has grown in NY. Back in SF, I'm hosting a series of smaller founder events incl. bouldering at
@MissionCliffs
on Monday 7/8. dm me for an invite
Nearly 100 NYC-based founders poured into
@join_arc
NYC HQ on Saturday.
Every day, I’m astounded by the strength of the founder community here. Arc will always support founders – from coast to coast.
Huge shout out to
@CCgong
and
@hellomorganlai
for co-hosting this epic event,
We’ve hacked and pitched all day, and now finalists’ presentations are in full swing!
Congrats to our pitch finalists
-
@xpressai
-
@makeMontage
(
@CCgong
)
- Watchtower research (
@panickssery
)
- ClassGaga ()
Stay tuned for hack finalists and the winners!🎉
We packed
@SHACK15sf
last night. Highlights:
-
@kanjun
’s vision for
@genintelligent
, creating AI agents that have the human capacity to understand goals & push on constraints to actually get things done in the world
-
@jowyang
and CEO of
@Slalom
advocating compassionate AI
Hard to ignore
@getairchatz
this weekend.
@0xSigil
@naval
well done on the viral marketing, AND glad you turned off the invites, great to see founders prioritize quality over spammy growth 🚀
So many cool demos from the
@BuildInception
community at
@pearvc
today. My ask: intros to brands leveraging video 🙏
I loved my Inception retreat and found my co-founder thru it, if you’re serious about starting a company I’d definitely recommend applying
Thanks
@brittwalker_
@CRV
for hosting data dinner, love the concept of bringing together data folks from both startups and enterprise to share knowledge on emerging tech, existing infra, etc, so much to learn from each other
@stripe
@Meta
@pynecone_io
If you failed, it means you believed in yourself enough to try. Don’t let the immigrant scarcity mindset hold you back. You don’t win playing it safe, you win by taking chances. Inspired by
@davelu
’s wise CTA&
@geoff_yang
’s infinite curiosity &endeavors at
@StanfordGSB
ABSA gala
The best founders are not the smartest, most confident, knowledgeable, assertive, etc. After working with countless founders I've seen the most important trait is ability to surround yourself with the best advisors &mentors by being resilient, eager to learn, and quick to execute
>500 applicants, 120 hackers selected and given exclusive access to GPT-4 Plugins by
@OpenAI
. If you’re an investor and want an invite to the demo day tomorrow dm me
From chat w/ Scott Shleifer today: Chase Coleman III, founder of Tiger Global Mgmt, recommended 3 books to Scott that led to his $3B success-
1. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
2. The Alchemy of Finance
3. One Up On Wall Street (Chapter 6: Stalking the Tenbagger)
awesome discussing future of AI, open source, vector databases (
@pinecone
👀), and the SaaSacre. loved seeing so many familiar faces at tonight's AI founders dinner but the club is too small let's get more
#womeninAI
. thx
@molwelch
@radicalvcfund
@laurayd
for hosting!
For the first time in my life started working out with weights, 6x/week for the past 6 weeks just doing
@CarolineGirvan
’s 30min YouTube videos. Consistency is key, noticing significantly more muscle mass and feeling stronger in 6 weeks. How do you get lean not buff though😅
My top 2023 takeaways
-mindset and belief in yourself is a key to success, which starts with self-compassion and awareness
-an abundance mindset leads to the safety/security I need to be creative and take risks
-consistency > perfection
-friends give my life meaning not success
General investor sentiment seems to be incumbents have right of way and will steamroll most AI startups, but this is a sober reminder how these lumbering giants trip over their own bureaucracy and might never get back up
How Alexa dropped the ball on being the top conversational system on the planet
—
A few weeks ago OpenAI released GPT-4o ushering in a new standard for multimodal, conversational experiences with sophisticated reasoning capabilities.
Several days later, my good friends at PolyAI
~5% of the men I see on dating apps in SF are partnered and “ENM” (ethically non-monogamous) but my guy friends say they haven’t seen ENM on any women’s profiles 🤔
What have been your experiences
Your friendly holiday travel reminder to not let your TSA pre-check/ Global entry expire, current wait time is 14 MONTHS to apply/renew, according to CBP officer who just told me mine expired 😭 if you renew before it expires they’re waiving a year so there’s no break
Wed 5/24 we’re gathering leaders in business, gov, media, academia to discuss the implications of AI. Join Stanford & Cal profs, Pulitzer Prize journalists, CEOs of global corps looking to modernize. Who’re the best AI founders we should include?
not financial advice but as an AI investor I'd short Fiverr and Upwork
as an AI founder I'd look at their services for inspiration on what you can automate
as an AI agent I'd be looking forward to world domination
so excited to bring together this incredible group of women entrepreneurs. reply if you're a VC looking to invest in badass female founders and want an invite to our events
@launchhouse
Generative AI is transforming user interfaces - What will UI be like 10 years (or even months) from now?
@agihouse_org
&
@coframe_ai
are gathering the best builders to create the future of user experience and design with AI w/
@amasad
@natfriedman
founding a startup is riding an emotional rollercoaster. I'm hosting this founder wellness event tonight with 50Years and exec coach Ben Tauber to equip growth stage founders with tools to navigate the ups & downs - nominate great founders who'd benefit
Advice to founders facing potential recession from Scott Shleifer, founder of Tiger Global PE:
Capital will be harder to come by so expect that. Cost of capital is up. Flip side - fewer companies will raise $ so it will be easier to get and keep employees. The world is cyclical
Full house of builders at
@agihouse_org
today coming up with the future of user interfaces. From command line to GUI
to mobile, UI is entering a new era with generative AI. The first wave has been UI code gen in mostly React, with screenshot to code and chat interfaces.
Lots of questions about the future of RAG at the packed
@Wing_VC
AI event. It's still in early stages - at least 50 years of research in retrieval and the entire stack (embedding, search, re-ranking, pre-processing, etc) have been disrupted. AI looks at the world in vector
just discovered I have a Twitter impersonator, does that mean I’ve made it on Twitter. wish I thought of that username
Thought Twitter was glitching saying I retweeted all of my own tweets and almost ignored it
first time launching on
@ProductHunt
! Check out MagicDocs, an AI-powered solution for time-saving document management. Pls share feedback & leave an upvote/review 🙏 we're so close to top 10!
also hiring if you know of any PMs, designers, eng looking
One of my favorite teams from the
@AnthropicAI
hackathon last weekend - we watched Dr. Claude diagnose a patient in minutes through a series of questions. I’m excited for the future of healthcare with talented passionate builders like
@WianStipp
& team